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The Goh Chok Tong Story (Volume 1)
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Goh Chok Tong was an improbable Prime Minister for an unlikely country. He had neither the connections nor the cunning to rise to the top, and was even once famously derided by his mentor Lee Kuan Yew for being "wooden" in his communication skills. Except for an imposing height most unusual...
by Cheng-Few Lee, Joseph Finnerty, John Lee;Alice C Lee;Donald Wort
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Security Analysis, Portfolio Management, and Financial Derivatives integrates the many topics of modern investment analysis. It provides a balanced presentation of theories, institutions, markets, academic research, and practical applications, and presents both basic concepts and advanced principles....
Renewable Energy Finance
Powering the Future
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
The future of clean energy is no longer about science and technology; it's all about access to finance. The fossil fuel industry has been subsidized for decades with tax breaks and government backing, while renewables have struggled to compete. But now clean energy is the safe bet for investors, as...
Creative Mobile Media
A Complete Course
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
Creative Mobile Media provides a guide to the creation, production and display of media with mobile technology at its heart. Split into two parts, the first gives a practical how-to guide on producing and exhibiting different forms of mobile art including photographs and films. From taking the perfect...
Bridges Over Water
Understanding Transboundary Water Conflict, Negotiation and Cooperation
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Bridges over Water places the study of transboundary water conflicts, negotiation, and cooperation in the context of various disciplines, such as international relations, international law, international negotiations, and economics. It demonstrates their application, using various quantitative approaches,...
Supertrends of Future China
Billion Dollar Business Opportunities for China's Olympic Decade
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2008
The Beijing Olympics in 2008 marks the beginning of an era of new business opportunities in China for 1.3 billion Chinese and the rest of the world. For investors, marketers, and businesspeople who want to understand the new drivers and business chances of the Chinese economy, Supertrends of Future...
The Accidental Diplomat
The Autobiography of Maurice Baker
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014
“For the life of a diplomat is often a variation of routine boredom and exhilarating crises.”
Maurice Baker is an academic and one of Singapore's pioneer diplomats. Growing up in colonial–governed Malaya and Singapore, his profound love for great literature works inspired him to obtain...
by Jochen Wirtz
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
Targeting, acquiring, and retaining the "right" customers is at the core of many successful service firms. The objective is to build the relationships and develop loyal customers who will contribute to a growing volume of business with the firm in the future. Managing Customer Relationships...
by Jochen Wirtz
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Highly capable and motivated people are at the center of service excellence and productivity. Behind today's successful service organizations stands a firm commitment to effective management of human resources, including the recruitment, selection, training, motivation, and retention of employees....
Education-at-Large
Student Life and Activities in Singapore 19451965
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2013
The first part of the book contains documentation of a groundbreaking exhibition held in 2007 on student activities and societal engagements during post-war Singapore 1945–1965 and transcripts of forums held in conjunction with it. The second half centres on oral history accounts of mostly former...
GMO Sapiens
The Life-Changing Science of Designer Babies
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
This book won the INDIEFAB 2015 Bronze Award for Science (Adult nonfiction).
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) including plants and the foods made from them, are a hot topic of debate today, but soon related technology could go much further and literally change what it means to be human....
Deep Dive into Financial Models
Modeling Risk and Uncertainty
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Since 2007, the repeated financial crises around the world have brought to the headlines financial practices and models considered to fuel the economic instabilities. Deep Dive into Financial Models: Modeling Risk and Uncertainty comes handy in demystifying the underlying quantitative finance concepts....
An Introduction to Differential Equations
Stochastic Modeling, Methods and Analysis(Volume 2)
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Volume 1: Deterministic Modeling, Methods and Analysis
For more than half a century, stochastic calculus and stochastic differential equations have played a major role in analyzing the dynamic phenomena in the biological and physical sciences, as well as engineering. The advancement of knowledge...
by Ovidiu Calin
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015
The goal of this book is to present Stochastic Calculus at an introductory level and not at its maximum mathematical detail. The author aims to capture as much as possible the spirit of elementary deterministic Calculus, at which students have been already exposed. This assumes a presentation that...